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With six babies to feed, bathe and clothe, Lauren developed a tight schedule.

"I would make up bottles each night for the next 24 hours and set them in the fridge with labels on so everyone knew which baby they were for and at what time."

Because of the different nutritional needs of the sextuplets, the family were using four different types of formula milk at one point.

She also developed a shift system so that those volunteering to help could have the biggest impact.

"Friends would sign up to come and do feeding shifts in the middle of the night, they would help with giving the babies baths and doing laundry.

"We wouldn't have made it without that generosity," Lauren reflects. "They brought us dinner for an entire year!"

What causes multiple pregnancy?

There are many factors that lead to multiple pregnancy, including a family history of twins, falling pregnant over the age of thirty, or having previous pregnancies.

African-American women are more likely to have twins than any other group, while white women, especially those over age of 35, are most likely to give birth to triplets or more.

Reproductive technologies have greatly increased the multiple birth rate in recent years.

In vitro fertilization (IVF) and other techniques that help couples conceive often use ovulation-stimulating medications to produce multiple eggs. These are then fertilised in the laboratory and returned to the uterus to develop.